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Offenses Known to Law Enforcement in Large Cities, 2018

NCJ Number
254502
Author(s)
Erica L. Smith; Alexia D. Cooper
Date Published
January 2020
Length
27 pages
Annotation
These tables present data on violent crime rates in 2018 for large U.S. cities (populations of 250,000 or more) and crime rates for the specific violent offenses of murder and non-negligent manslaughter, rape, robbery, and aggravated assault.
Abstract

The tables published in Offenses Known to Law Enforcement in Large Cities, 2018, enable users to access FBI reported crime data for large cities of 250,000 population or more. These same data are published by the FBI in the Crime in the United States publication and can be found in tables associated with the state in which the agency is located. Tables published here by BJS provide those large city crime data in a singular set of tabulations. In addition, the FBI make these data available at the agency level through the Crime Data Explorer, and BJS and the FBI make these data available through the online UCR Data Tool. BJS has provided these tables for easier access to the public.